Chief Compliance Officer, Ramp Advisory LLC

Ramp
New York +3 more
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior compliance professionals with investment adviser experience who can operate independently in a fast-moving fintech environment.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with prior CCO experience in SEC-registered investment advisers and a background in fintech
    — “8+ years in investment adviser compliance, including prior experience as a CCO or deputy CCO of an SEC-registered adviser”
  • Individuals who have led compliance program design initiatives and worked closely with engineering teams
    — “Experience building controls and leading program design initiatives in partnership with engineering teams and cross-functional partners”
  • Professionals with direct experience in SEC examinations and regulatory interactions
    — “Direct experience supporting SEC examinations and interfacing with regulators”

Things to consider

  • This role requires independent decision-making and the ability to defend compliance choices in real-time
    — “Sound, independent judgment: the ability to make and defend compliance decisions in real time”
  • The role is centered on a compliance program that scales with Ramp's rapid product development
    — “keep pace with how fast Ramp ships product”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in leading end-to-end compliance programs at fast-growing firms
    — “build-and-own role”
  • Demonstrate AI fluency and how you've used automation to scale compliance initiatives
    — “AI fluency and demonstrated experience using AI and automation to build and scale compliance programs”
  • Showcase your ability to represent compliance programs to regulators in high-stakes scenarios
    — “the firm’s primary point of contact with the SEC, and represent the program, product and key compliance decisions with regulators”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · LowAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • design, execute, and ensure effectiveness of the compliance program
  • maintain the firm’s policies and procedures
  • provide compliance advice and sign-off on marketing materials
  • build and maintain the firm’s anti-money laundering program
Typical background
investment adviser complianceSEC regulations

Skills & requirements

Required

Investment Adviser ComplianceSEC RegulationsCompliance Program DesignCompliance ReviewCompliance AdviceBooks And RecordsCommunications MonitoringComplaints HandlingEmployee TrainingAccess-person And Personal-trading RequirementsAnti-money Laundering Program

Preferred

Cash ManagementFixed Income Strategy

Stack & domain

SEC ComplianceAdvisers ActAI FluencyAutomationCompliance Program DesignIndependent JudgmentRegulatory GuidanceCross-functional PartnershipFintechInvestment Adviser Compliance

About the role

Original posting from Ramp via Ashby

ABOUT RAMP

Ramp is building the smart infrastructure for finance teams, embedded in the transaction flow of every dollar a business spends. We automate how over $200B in annualized spend flows in and out of 70,000+ companies: authorizing payments, flagging risk, categorizing spend, and closing books.

The problems are high-stakes, data-dense, and unforgiving.

We hire people with high agency and high urgency. We look for slope over intercept. We care less about where you trained and more about what you’ve built. At Ramp, everyone is a builder who owns problems end to end and makes consequential decisions that shape the outcome.

The median Ramp customer saves 5% and grows revenue 16% in their first year – far in excess of businesses operating without Ramp. We believe every ambitious company deserves the same.

If you want to build systems that directly shape how companies move and manage billions, Ramp is the place to do it.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Ramp is seeking an experienced Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) for Ramp Advisory LLC, our SEC-registered investment adviser. This is a high-accountability, build-and-own role. You will own and be accountable for the firm's compliance program in house, and be the gatekeeper who protects clients and the firm while keeping pace with how fast Ramp ships product. You will report to Ramp's Head of Compliance, with direct access to Ramp Advisory's senior leadership.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

  • Serve as Ramp Advisory LLC’s designated CCO, with independent authority over the design, execution and effectiveness of the compliance program
  • Act as the firm’s primary point of contact with the SEC, and represent the program, product and key compliance decisions with regulators
  • Maintain the firm’s policies and procedures, Code of Ethics, and Form ADV and amendments, and conduct the annual compliance review
  • Provide compliance advice and sign-off on marketing materials, customer disclosures, onboarding agreements and product changes
  • Own books and records, communications monitoring, complaints handling, employee training, and access-person and personal-trading requirements
  • Oversee key financial partners and vendors from a compliance standpoint
  • Shape customer onboarding strategy, partnering with Product, Engineering and Customer Experience to build scalable controls and monitoring
  • Build and maintain the firm’s anti-money laundering program

WHAT YOU NEED

  • 8+ years in investment adviser compliance, including prior experience as a CCO or deputy CCO of an SEC-registered adviser
  • Experience in the fintech space
  • Deep working knowledge of the Advisers Act and SEC expectations
  • Direct experience supporting SEC examinations and interfacing with regulators
  • Experience overseeing custodian, broker-dealer or sub-adviser relationships
  • Sound, independent judgment: the ability to make and defend compliance decisions in real time, grounded in regulatory guidance, and to hold a position with senior stakeholders
  • AI fluency and demonstrated experience using AI and automation to build and scale compliance programs
  • Comfort operating as a standalone compliance lead in a fast-moving environment
  • Experience building controls and leading program design initiatives in partnership with engineering teams and cross-functional partners

NICE-TO-HAVES

  • Experience building or scaling a compliance program at a high-growth company
  • Experience with cash management or fixed income strategies
  • Experience with digital or technology-enabled advisory models

BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO ALL FULL-TIME RAMP EMPLOYEES (GLOBAL)

  • Flexible PTO
  • Centralized home-office equipment ordering
  • Health and wellness stipend
  • Budget for intra-office travel
  • Weekly coffee stipend

UNITED STATES

  • 100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you, with partial coverage for dependents
  • One Medical annual membership
  • 401(k), including employer match on contributions made while employed by Ramp
  • Fertility HRA (up to $10,000 per year)
  • Parental leave: up to 16 weeks (birthing + bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay
  • Pet insurance
  • In-office perks: lunch, snacks, drinks, and more
  • Relocation expense coverage to NYC or SF (if needed)

CANADA

  • Group medical, dental, and vision coverage through Sun Life
  • Life, AD&D, and disability coverage
  • Fertility drug coverage (up to $4,000 lifetime)
  • Group Retirement Plan with employer match (RRSP + DPSP)
  • Parental leave: up to 16 weeks (birthing + bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay, with additional time available at reduced pay
  • Employee Assistance Program and virtual care through Lumino Health

UNITED KINGDOM

  • Private medical insurance through Freedom Elite
  • Virtual GP and at-home care via eMed x Livi
  • Workplace pension through Penfold, with salary sacrifice option
  • Parental leave: up to 16 weeks (birthing + bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay with additional time available at reduced pay

REFERRAL INSTRUCTIONS

If you are being referred for the role, please contact that person to apply on your behalf.

OTHER NOTICES

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Beware of recruiting scams: Ramp will only contact you through official @Ramp.com http://Ramp.com email addresses and will never ask for payment or sensitive personal information during the hiring process.

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Source: Ramp careers (Ashby)

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